(J. Soc. Mat. Sci., Japan), Vol. 54, No. 5, pp.

474-480, May 2005

FRP

Temperature Effect on Bonding and Debonding Behavior between

FRP Sheets and Concrete
by

Zhishen WU , Kentaro IWASHITA , Syun YAGASHIRO ,

Takashi ISHIKAWA

and Yasumasa HAMAGUCHI

Generally, epoxy resin will be softened and its bond capacity will decrease remarkably under a high temperature
environment near to or higher than the glass transition temperature (Tg) or deflection temperature under load (HDT)
of epoxy resin. This paper summarizes a series of investigations for confirming the temperature effect on bonding
behavior between fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) sheets and concrete. An experimental program is designed by
using prism specimens subjected to a direct tensile load. The temperature around the concrete prism and the types of
epoxy resin are considered as the experimental parameters. The experimental results are exploited to determine the
debonding fracture energy (Gf ), failure mode, and effective bonding length (Le) of the test specimens. It is
observed from results that the value of Gf decreases and Le increases largely at temperatures near to or higher than
Tg or HDT. Moreover, the newly developed epoxy resin presents higher temperature-resistance behavior than ordinary epoxy resin.
Key words : Carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheets, Debonding behavior, Debonding fracture energy
(Gf ), Thermo-resistant epoxy resin, Glass transition temperature (Tg), Deflection temperature under load (HDT), Environmental temperature

1
FRP

Tg HDT 10

FRP

FRP

1) 3)

FRP

FRP

2 FRP

FRP
0.1%

FRP

Table Summary of Material Properties.

(Tg)
(HDT)

Tg
HDT
FRP

1) 5)
16 8 23 Received Aug. 23, 2004
316-0033 Dept. of Urban&civil Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Nakanarusawa-cho,
Ibaraki, 316-0033
(JAXA) 181-0015 The Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA), The Inst. of Space Tech. and Aeronautics, Ohsawa, Mitaka, 181-0015

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FRP Table

FRP

FRP

0.5kg/m2

24

8)
(Tg)
Tg

50mm 400mm 200mm

200mm1

80 3

Tg

170mm

(HDT)9)

80 3

10)

HDT

32

HDT

Tg HDT

255mm 200mm

30

80 3 Table

(Fig. 2)

31

FRP

Instron8500

7)

101 Fig. 1

100kN load cell

(25 3)

150mm 100mm

304050 4

100mm 250mm 200mm

25 3 405060 4

N = 3

CFRP

CFRP

Fig. 1

FRP
Table Tg and HDT for Different Types of Epoxy Resin.

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Fig. 1. Detail of CFRP Sheet-Concrete Bonding Joints (Double-Lap Shear Test).

Fig. 2. Details of The Tensile Test under Different

Temperatures.

Fig. 3. Load-Displacement Curve (Ordinary Epoxy).

(Fig. 4)

41

Fig. 3

10 20mm

(Fig. 5)

Gf 6), 7) (1)

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Fig. 4. Debonding Propagating Process.

Fig. 6. Interfacial Fracture Energy under Different

Temperatures.

Fig. 7 Tg HDT
Fig. 5. Load-Displacement Curve (Thermo-Resistant
Epoxy).

Tg
HDT

42

2
G f = P 2max
8b E f t

(1)

(1)CFRP b = 50mm
CFRP Ef = 2.3 105(N/mm2)
CFRP t = 0.111 (mm)
Gf
(Fig. 6) Gf

1017)
Gf = 0.5N/mm
Gf = 0.5N/mm
Tg (38) 40
HDT
(55) 60
Tg HDT

bs (2)

bs =

Pmax
2bt

(2)

Fig. 7. Average Bond Strength under Different Temperatures.

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5)

43

FRP

Le 1),

4), 5)

(Fig. 8) 30

97%

10kN

BC40

3319 3% 99.6

110mm (Fig. 9) 95mm (Fig. 10)

Table
Tg (38) HDT (48)

Fig. 11, Fig. 12

(Fig. 13)

Tg HDT

Fig. 8. Different Debonding Modes along CFRP-Concrete Interface.

Table Results of CFRP-Concrete Bonding Test.

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Fig. 9. Strain Distribution along Bonded CFRP Sheet for A Specimen by Using Ordinary Epoxy Resin (26).

Fig. 10. Strain Distribution along Bonded CFRP Sheet for A Specimen by Using Thermo-Resistant Epoxy Resin (26).

Fig. 11. Strain Distribution along Bonded CFRP Sheet for A Specimen by Using Ordinary Epoxy Resin (40).

(1)

(2)

Tg

Tg HDT

HDT

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Fig. 12. Strain Distribution along Bonded CFRP Sheet for A Specimen by Using Thermo-Resistant Epoxy Resin (50).

1 )

6621052000
2 ) 648
712000

3 ) 641
1672000

4 ) Z. S. Wu, H. Yuan, H. Yoshizawa and T. Kanakubo, ACI

International SP, 201, 133 (2001).
5 )
30242004

6 ) Z. S. Wu and H. D. Niu, Journal of Structural Engineering,

JSCE, 46, 1431 (2000).
7 )
Fig. 13. Effective Bond Length under Different Temperatures.

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p.73

(3)

Tg HDT FRP

2001
8 )
JIS 2001
Plastics-Testing
methods for transition temperature of plastic, MOD
ISO 3146, p.550 (2001).

9 ) J I S 2 0 0 1 P l a s t i c s -

Determination of temperature of deflection under load-

Part 1 : General test method, ISO 75-1, p.560 (2001).

10) J I S 2 0 0 1 P l a s t i c s Determination of temperature of deflection under loadPart 2 : General test method, ISO 75-2, p.564 (2001).